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Perception and Behavior for Underreporting Workplace Violence
… a change in the culture of acceptance of workplace violence and the perception of the value of reporting violent behavior. To identify the factors that hindered reporting of workplace violence, a root and cause analysis was performed. The analysis revealed that the most common reason …
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Workplace violence against registered nurses: an interpretive description
… especially nurses, are often victims of workplace violence. Unfortunately, little is known about the nurses' experience of violence. A research study was initiated to further explore the nurses' accounts of workplace violence so as to make dimensions of the nurses' experience visible and …
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Workplace Violence Prevention Training: An Analysis of Employees' Attitudes
… and perceptions toward the effectiveness of workplace violence prevention training within a U.S. Government service agency with 50 offices located in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the phenomenon of workplace violence, the movement toward prevention programs and …
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Exploring Adolescent Employees' Perceptions of Safety from Workplace Violence
One setting where violence exposure among adolescents may occur, yet has received little attention, is the workplace. With nearly six million U.S. adolescents age 16-19 employed, researchers need to understand from the adolescent employee viewpoint any perceived safety risks from violence so …
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Workplace violence among primary healthcare nurses in Molemole Sub-District, South Africa
Work Place Violence against nurses is a serious and problematic phenomenon all over the world. PHC facilities are meant to provide health services, a safe and secure environment for both patients and nurses. However, many incidences of workplace violence against nurses have been reported and are …
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Developing A Standardized Workplace Violence Prevention Program For Healthcare Leaders To Enhance Safety
<p>Abstract </p> <p>Developing a Standardized Workplace Violence Prevention Program for Healthcare Leaders to Enhance Safety </p> <p>The increasing threat of Type 2 workplace violence (client on staff) in healthcare disproportionately impacts employees such as Nurses. Desensitization to this …
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Workplace Violence Prevention In Homecare: The Homecare Measures For Employee Safety (homes) Toolkit
… panel to inform an evidence-based toolkit for workplace violence prevention in homecare. The HoMES Toolkit provides information and recommendations for organizations and staff providing homecare services to the public.</p>
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The experiences of employees regarding workplace violence in the National Department of Social Development
Workplace violence is a phenomenon which is growing and it has the potential to affect individual performance and organizational productivity. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of employees regarding workplace violence in the National Department of Social Development. The …
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From Threats to Scars: Who does HR go to? Understanding Workplace Violence Towards HR Professionals
… will focus on understanding and exploring workplace violence towards HR professionals and evaluate current safeguarding measures to identify its adequacy, following the rise of violence towards HR professionals. The research will also explore the implications experiencing workplace violence …
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Workplace Violence, Organizational Culture, and Registered Nurses' Incident Reporting Patterns in Acute Hospitals in California
<p>The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of the reporting patterns of WPV Type II in acute hospital settings. Although some patients are abusive toward nurses, that the abuse is underreported to hospital administrators. Qualitative studies identified common themes for …
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Workplace violence against emergency medicine registrars and consultants, and their experience of job safety and satisfaction
… at a high risk of both physical and non-physical workplace violence. While several international studies have focused on the experience of workplace violence by Emergency Medicine (EM) specialist physicians, there is a paucity of data regarding that of EM physicians in training. Objectives: This …
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Nurses' Perspectives of Factors Influencing Type II Workplace Violence in a Pediatric Healthcare Setting: A Qualitative Study
… </strong>Healthcare-related workplace violence has steadily increased. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020), from 2011 to 2018, workplace violence within healthcare settings increased from 6.4 to 10.4 incidents for every 10,000 full-time employees. Since …
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Gender and nursing in a developing country: Workplace violence, career progression, job satisfaction and emigration intentions among Ghanaian nurses
… quantitative survey, 9% had experienced physical violence, 12.2% sexual harassment and 52.7% verbal abuse in the 12 months preceding the study. Relatives of patients were the most frequent perpetrators of verbal and physical violence,and medical doctors were most frequently cited for sexual …
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Development and Implementation of a Violence Risk Assessment Tool
… tendencies within the healthcare setting. Workplace violence is a serious problem that affects all healthcare professionals. Although serious assaults and homicides attract more media attention, the majority of workplace violence consists of non-fatal assaults. Nurses, aides, and patient …
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Women and the Violent Workplace
Globally workplace violence is a pressing concern. It is an ever increasing problem and thus an extensive field to research. Despite an increase in interest, there are specific areas of workplace violence that remain relatively unexplored, and this is further compounded because workplace violence …
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Registered Nurses' attitudes towards, and experiences of, aggression and violence in the acute hospital setting
Registered Nurses experience higher rates of workplace violence than any other healthcare profession, as they are at the forefront of providing care to vulnerable individuals, many of who are experiencing physical, psychological and or spiritual distress. However, there is a paucity of literature …
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Worker-initiated violence: Prevention strategies in park and recreation departments
Workplace violence infects many organizations. This descriptive study assesses the extent to which Texas park and recreation departments institute policies and procedures for preventing worker-initiated violence. Thirty directors from local park and recreation departments were interviewed by …
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Evidence-Based Verbal De-escalation Techniques for the Family Nurse Practitioner: Education and Simulation
… workers are 4 times more likely to be exposed to workplace violence than workers employed in private industry, with assault rates as high as 7.8 per 10,000 workers. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health defines workplace violence as “violent acts, including physical assaults, …
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